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by Stephen Anderson | Music | May 20th, 2015
…In a musical landscape ever-hungry for the Next Big Thing, artistic consistence is a severely underappreciated quality. The listening public, that fickle beast, wants bigger and better with an artist’s every passing album, but its back turns quickly when an artist moves faster than it can keep up. It’s an…
by Krissy Ness | Beer Snob | May 20th, 2015
…By Krissy NessThis past week was American Craft Beer Week, and the whole country was talking about it. From taprooms to Twitter, people were ranting and raving about exclusive new beers, some of which sold out within hours of their releases.Barrel Aged 2014 Surly Darkness (ABV 10.3% IBU 85, Minnesota)This highly sought after…
by Deb Jenkins | All About Food | May 20th, 2015
…Mother’s Day has passed, I wanted to honor my mom, Donella Peterson (who left way too soon some 13 years ago), by mentioning the wonderful cooking skills she taught me. She would tell you in a heartbeat that shewas “not a cook.” But she was wrong. She was a cook…
by Rob Port | Say Anything | May 20th, 2015
…Here’s something that should make you angry.I’m sure you all remember Hamid Shirvani. He had a short and tumultuous reign as Chancellor of the North Dakota University System. He was hired on March 13 of 2012 and, after drawing the ire of a few politically powerful university presidents, was placed…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | May 20th, 2015
…Hot And Cold Showers For The Dirty Hapless HomelessJames Hilton wrote “Lost Horizon” in 1933 with the theme that World War I with the introduction of flying machines and the machine gun, the 1929 stock market crash, and the resulting Great Depression, would send the world into a disastrous maelstrom.…
by Krissy Ness | All About Food | May 20th, 2015
…Finally, booze won’t just be consumed in downtown Fargo, it will be produced, too.Proof Artisan Distillery will open this summer at 414 4th Avenue North. Fargo native Joel Kath, who leads the ownership team, wanted to open up shop in his hometown. The distillery, which will produce straight whiskey (created…
by Raul Gomez | Theatre | May 19th, 2015
…Star comedian Dave Chappelle will perform at the Fargo Civic Auditorium on June 23. Tickets go on sale on Wednesday, May 20 and will be available for purchase at ticketmaster.com, Venue Box Office or charge by phone 800-745-3000.Chappelle is known for his roles in films like “Half Baked,” “Robin Hood: Men In Tights,” “You’ve Got Mail” and…
by Stephen Anderson | Music | May 13th, 2015
…“Folk” has always been a nebulously defined genre descriptor, its quaint tag encompassing everything from Lomax-era plantation blues to the beatnik strumming of Greenwich Village, and its meaning has been muddied further as an umbrella to ignorantly lump together regional, or “world,” music. In the 21st century, the sounds of…
by Chris Hennen | Editorial | May 13th, 2015
…Heimdal derailment reminder that infrastructure hasn’t been improved yetWe’ve had two close calls with train derailments in North Dakota, with Casselton and now Heimdal. How long are we going to wait before those close calls become a tragedy? The problem is this, many years into the oil boom, infrastructure hasn’t…
by Chris Hennen | News | May 13th, 2015
…Sen. Mac Schneider on this year’s Legislative sessionIt’s no easy task being the minority in the ND Legislature to a Republican super majority that always seems to get its way—particularly in the ND House. Couple that with Republican strongholds in statewide offices including the Governor’s office and it’s a…